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"The Disappearance of the Cutter Alicia" (2008)
Included in: Sherlock Holmes: The Game's Afoot (David Stuart Davies)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; (The Cutter Alicia)
Other Characters: Captain Mott; Skipper; Mate; Station Master; Violet Blake; Josiah Merritt / Josiah Blake; (Fishermen; Coastguards; Allinson; Toby Allinson; Mrs Allinson; Mrs Allinson's Sister; Mrs Blake's Mother; Mrs Allinson's Mother)
Date: Spring
Locations: Northumberland; Mott's Cottage; Fishing Village; A Boat; Harbour; Station; Yorkshire; Manufacturing Town; Lodging House
Story: Holmes and Watson are in Northumberland, near the site of the disappearance of the cutter Alicia ten or twelve years previously. Holmes wishes to investigate and the visit Mott, who saw her sail into a small patch of mist, from which she vanished. They hire a boat and attempt to follow the Alicia's course, finding themselves back ashore and following a trail to Yorkshire where the truth is uncovered in a lodging house.
Sherlock Holmes and the Adler Papers (2001)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Mrs. Hudson; Irene Adler; Inspector Lestrade; Mary Morstan; King of Bohemia; Godfrey Norton
Other Characters: Northumberland Hotel Clerk; Northumberland Hotel Doorman; Bill; Mr. White; Tommy Maunby; Cab Driver; Mayfair Loungers; Little William Mews Crowd; Karl-Heinz Siebald / Ormstein; Farmer on Train; Farmer's Wife; Herr Mueller; Passers-by; Lancers; Palace Guards; Palace Vistors; Palace Footman; Freiherr von Kirchoff; Second Footmen; Bertram von Gratz; Six Footmen; Commercial Travellers; Hotel Royal St. Georges Proprietor; Luigi Valentini; Tommaso Valentini; Butler; Tall Fellow in a Greasy Apron; Castle Footman; Marienburg Station Ticket Collector; Albion Hotel Manager; Captain Markus; Albion Concierge; Fiacre Driver; Gottfried Baldur von Ormstein; Gottfried's Butler; Hans; Fritz; Café Florian Customers; Pickup Man; Cab Driver; Maurice's Footman; Count Maurice von Ormstein; Dopzhe Station Master; Saltzenbach Cab Driver; Jakob; Norton's Captors; Funeral Attendant
Date: February, 1889
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Northumberland Hotel; White's Cab Yard; A Cab; Mayfair; 18, Little William Mews; A Cab; Watson's Paddington House; A German Train; The Schwarzwald; Vienna; A Second Train; Bohemia; Dopzhe; A Fiacre; The Albion Hotel; The Palace; Palace Dungeon; A Bohemian Train; Marienburg; The Grand-Hôtel Royal St. Georges; Valentini's Shop; Climbers' & Walkers' Shop; Second-Hand Clothes Shop; Valentini's Customers' Houses; Kleinwald; Schloss Württemburg; The Forest; Marienburg Railway Station; A Train; Von Gratz's Carriage; Von Gratz's Apartment; Gottfried's Town House; A Fiacre; The Café Florian; A Cab; Dopzhe Railway Station; The Royal Train; Saltzenbach; A Cab; Maurice's Hunting Lodge; A Cemetery
Story: Holmes receives a telegram from Irene Adler requesting a consultation. When she does not arrive at the scheduled time he visits her hotel, and follows a trail of clues, eventually finding her tied up in a house in Mayfair. Irene tells Holmes & Watson of her abduction by Karl-Heinz Siebald, the King's half-brother, and his theft of the photo of her and the King, which he will use to force the King to abdicate. She asks Holmes to go to Bohemia to stop him. Arriving in Dopzhe, Holmes & Watson visit the palace, and after being locked in the dungeon, finally gain audience with the King. They decide that Karl and the photograph will be at the castle of the King's cousin, Gottfried. Along with the King's friend Von Gratz, they enter the castle in disguise, but are quickly imprisoned in a tower room. They manage to escape, thanks to Watson's forethought, and returning to the city, learn that Gottfried is there. They plan a second foray, this time into his town house. They retrieve the photo & letters from the King to Irene, but Irene arrives in Dopzhe & attempts to take them at gunpoint. After subduing her, they learn the truth about the theft of the photo, and her real reasons for setting Holmes on its trail - her husband has been kidnapped. The photographic plate is smashed. Watson returns to Gottfried's house to steal a fake plate they have left there, but is caught in the act. Holmes decides to create his own. Their investigations reveal another claimant to the throne, but the affair ultimately ends in tragedy.
Sherlock Holmes and the Boulevard Assassin (1998)
Story Type: Pastiche
Canonical Characters: Sherlock Holmes; Dr. Watson; Dubuque; Professor Moriarty; The Moriarty Gang
Fictional Characters: Arsène Lupin (as Arsène Jupin)
Historical Characters: (Sadi Carnot)
Other Characters: Auguste Vauban; Banque de France Assistant Manager; Bank Director; Carriage Driver; Senior Clerk; Train Passengers; Gendarmes; Lefevre; Cab Drivers; Sightseers; Waiters; Bistro Customers; Doorman; Steward; Anarchist Speakers; Constantine Duclos; Duclos' Coachman; Georges; Gang Members; Jean Paul; Jupin's Ladyfriend; Maurice The Knife; Denis The Dip; Fifi The Hellcat; Jean Paul's Cabbie; Jupin's Men; Jeweler's Assistant; Jeweler; Bistro Proprietor; Huret's Butler; St. Petersburg Doorman; Manager; Receptionist; Minister of Justice
Date: February, 1891 & June, 1894
Locations: 221B, Baker Street; Dieppe; A Train; Paris; Banque de France; St. Lazare Station; Rue d'Amsterdam; A Hotel; The Prefecture of Police; Collége de France; Rue St Jacques; Rue Mouffetard; Lefevre's Lodgings; Anarchists' Meeting Hall; Duclos' Carriage; Duclos' House; Halle aux Vins; A Bistro; A Post office; Place de l'Etoile; Avenue du Bois de Boulogne; Bois de Boulogne; Place Vendôme; Jewelers Shop; Jean Paul's Cab; Dubuque's Apartment; Huret's House; Hôtel St. Petersburg
Story: Holmes tells Watson of an attempt made by Moriarty, before Reichenbach, to rob a Paris bank with confederates impersonating Holmes and the jewel thief Arsène Jupin. In 1894, with the assassination of President Sadi Carnot, Holmes believes that Moriarty's lieutenant, who impersonated him in the bank affair, is back at work. He & Watson travel to Paris, and with Dubuque's aid infiltrate an anarchist cell. Holmes & Watson are invited to join Moriarty's lieutenant's gang, and take part in robberies at a post office and a jewelers, before finally learning the identity of the gang leader, and preventing a murder at the highest level of government.